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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Jon!

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Jon Santos is in town to dj the opening of iD magazine’s 25th Anniversary exhibit at the Long March Space in Dashanzi. We met up prior to the event to discuss New York, Beijing, friends, self-enrichment, soccer and pollution. Along the way we caught a bit of the Forbidden City and Tian’anmen Square. It’s [...]

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Simatai

Saturday, May 20, 2006

“Great Wall…yeah, great for business.” They’d seen this sort of thing all too frequently - yet another victim of the Great Wall. In a way, the doctors’ joke was comforting, indicating that this sort of thing happens all the time, and that they’d know how to handle it.
What began as a weekend outing to the [...]

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Dashanzi IAF

Friday, May 19, 2006

Posting this a bit late, since the festival is ending this weekend. The Dashanzi International Art Festival is considered the biggest art event of the year in Beijing. Organizers estimate that more than 150,000 people visit the former factory district during the 3 week art festival each year. Events got off to a bit of [...]

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May Holiday

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The first week of May is a national holiday in China, so we headed out of town for a bit of retail relaxation in Tokyo. Retail tourism may sound odd, but the stores in Japan are so much more than just containers to move products. The country has really embraced the idea of creating a [...]

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